“It appears that these companies have deforested thousands of hectares of forest in the Cuyamelito, Cuyamel and Motagua River wetlands,” C-Libre reported.

The journalist also owned a pool hall where a police officer was killed two months ago, La Prensa said.

Osavas told AFP that authorities are investigating whether Flores’ murder and the killing at his business are related.

Citing the National Commissioner of Human Rights, AFP reported that 71 journalists, owners and employees of media outlets have been killed in Honduras since 2003. Impunity in those crimes is at 91 percent in these crimes, it added.